Places cpmaverick Wants to Go

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

Passengers are not allowed to set foot outside this station, but you can still enjoy spectacular views of the sea from the platform.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

For nearly 50 years this airplane that crashed during World War II remained missing in the remote Australian backcountry.

The first singer to cut a country music record is buried in a small graveyard in Atlanta, Georgia.

A vast collection of rare, historical, and vintage supercomputers.

The only subterranean ping pong table in Atlanta.

Healing Springs that once ran red with soldiers' blood.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

These tiny cabins on a cableway have been carrying visitors at a Baltic resort down to the beach since 1912.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

This tomb was fashioned with a sliding window for a grieving mother who struggled with her daughter's death.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

This unusual building straddles two countries.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

This sandstone tree trunk is a relic from a long-past era when England had a more tropical climate.

A lonely memorial to the Challenger Space Shuttle, honoring the astronauts who died in 1986.

The purported world's shortest international bridge connects a homeowner in Canada to his backyard in New York.

The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.